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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
Richard E. Hill, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
Richard E. Hill, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article sensing and tracking system and computer system integrated and connected to present on a monitor screen, or screens, visual x-ray and photographic images of articles that are being passed through a scanner and visual indication of the physical location of the displayed articles within the system, enabling security personnel viewing a monitor screen to accurately track and maintain custody of the articles, until cleared, through examination of x-ray data and other information relating to the articles.